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Sporobolus pyramidalis

Sporobolus pyramidalis

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Sporobolus pyramidalis

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Mauku (TS TW), Vayavaya (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE pantropical, except Pacific Islands

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; Land, lowlands

SIMILAR SPECIES: This might be Sporobolus diander (B.Sykes)

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
P	-	-						-

Northern Group: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
+++?sp	P	-	++	-	-

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Sporobolus pyramidalis (Lam.)
SYNONYMS: Sporobolus jacquemontii [?sensu]

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); LILIOPSIDA (=Monocotyledones); COMMELINIDAE; Cyperales; POACEAE. COMMENT: This might be $Sporobolus diander@ (B.Sykes)

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimen+illustration, 1991/10, Ara Metua near radio masts s.Arorangi, ID B.Sykes from specimen WAIK-14241 as Sporobolus pyramidalis. Pukapuka: specimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Sporobolus pyramidalis, to B.Sykes and ID confirmed as Sporobolus pyramidalis, 2006/7 (pers.comm.).

References:
p.1/307? A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova

Data Update History (information):
zB02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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